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Orion: A successful Planet Earth landing for NASA's latest test-flight

5 Dec 2014

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here to take over

Hozier has been nominated for a Grammy Award

5 Dec 2014

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Grozny

Gunbattle with Islamic militants leaves 20 dead in Chechnya

5 Dec 2014

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Racial Tensions

NYPD cop won't face charges over chokehold death of unarmed man

4 Dec 2014

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problems

Was the Russian athletics federation paid €450k to cover up a positive doping case?

3 Dec 2014

12.4k

the asia call

Serial's Adnan Syed granted an appeal hearing for January

1 Dec 2014

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sausage steal

Worst thief ever steals a few sausages from butcher before falling asleep in the back office

1 Dec 2014

1.7k

little helpers

Amazon has an army of robots helping it send gifts on their way

1 Dec 2014

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soaked in blood

Rapper jailed for posting lyrics on Facebook threatening to kill ex-wife

30 Nov 2014

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man's best friend

How dogs are being used to save wild animals in Africa

29 Nov 2014

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playground shooting

Police in Cleveland release CCTV footage of officer shooting 12-year-old Tamir Rice

27 Nov 2014

56.0k

RIP

Australian cricketer Phil Hughes dies in hospital after being struck on the head by a ball

27 Nov 2014

27.1k

Champs-Elysses

Armed jewel thieves take hostage and lead police on chase through Paris

26 Nov 2014

6.3k

phil rudd

AC/DC drummer jumped on security guards and winked at reporters in court

26 Nov 2014

12.2k

Fusilier

Facebook named as host of chat which described horrific murder plan for a soldier

25 Nov 2014

20.0k

Irish Abroad

A Galway man is introducing Barack Obama in Chicago tonight

25 Nov 2014

10.9k

puppy stuck

Family saves puppy with jug stuck on its head for two months

25 Nov 2014

4.1k

San Francisco

Window cleaner survives 11-story fall onto moving car

23 Nov 2014

20.6k

cosby show

Bill Cosby was applauded by an adoring audience last night

22 Nov 2014

13.7k

RIP

The Graduate and Monty Python's Spamalot director Mike Nichols has died

20 Nov 2014

6.3k

whipsnade

Zookeeper seriously injured in rhino attack at British zoo

19 Nov 2014

11.6k

dozy

Drunk man steals bulldozer, learns why you don't drunk-drive a bulldozer

19 Nov 2014

3.8k

anything sharp?

JFK airport reveals all the crazy things confiscated from carry-on bags

19 Nov 2014

5.4k

marriage license

Charles Manson has been granted permission to get married in prison

18 Nov 2014

22.0k

Raid

Federal drug agents launch surprise inspections of NFL teams following games

17 Nov 2014

5.0k

The Littlest Hobo

Dog hitches ride on side of ambulance after 85-year-old owner taken ill

16 Nov 2014

8.7k

Hunt For Reds in October

Here's the submarine Sweden was searching for

14 Nov 2014

29.8k

Residents told 'no danger' after major spill of that stuff that gives gas its smell

14 Nov 2014

4.0k

comet landing

Philae hopes to communicate drilling results soon, but could it be its final hours?

14 Nov 2014

8.8k

Islamic dinar

Gold, silver and copper: Islamic State group to begin minting its own currency

14 Nov 2014

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It is a good Shubbery

Secret Service assumed White House intruder would be stopped by bushes

14 Nov 2014

13.9k

big ask

Gibraltar team: Everyone's telling us if they don't score more than 7 we're better than Brazil

13 Nov 2014

6.6k

Vertigo

Bono's private plane loses hatch door on flight from Dublin

13 Nov 2014

17.0k

the right stuff

Virgin Galactic pilot describes unbuckling from his seat as it plummeted to Earth

13 Nov 2014

11.0k

Cheating

Vanessa-Mae found to have fiddled her way into Winter Olympics

11 Nov 2014

29.5k

secret plans

Space exploration has a new major player in town...Google

11 Nov 2014

9.5k

Nigeria

Suicide bomber disguised in school uniform kills 48 students at assembly

10 Nov 2014

8.9k

Band Aid 30

One Direction and Ed Sheeran among stars to re-record 'Do they know it's Christmas?'

10 Nov 2014

11.3k

Long Time Coming

"What's this?!": O'Hara proves she's still got those acting chops, as Neeson hands over her Oscar

9 Nov 2014

25.9k

unconfirmed reports

Has the leader of ISIS been hit in a US airstrike?

9 Nov 2014

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